Itasca police officer caught on camera in road rage incident

Video of an Itasca police officer involved in a road rage incident has thousands of views on YouTube. The incident occurred on Nov. 15 in Grandview.

"I opened it and watched it and pretty much the first part of the video, I knew it wasn't good," said Itasca Police Chief Winson Brewer.

Chief Brewer said he's disappointed after seeing what more than 7,000 people have already watched online.

One of the Itasca Police Department's own, Lt. George Willoughby, was caught in a heated swearing match with a man he pulled over while he was off-duty.

Another Itasca officer arrived on scene shortly after things cooled down. According to that officer's report, the altercation started from road rage when the driver, Joe Barr, began flashing his high beams at Willoughby.

"I try to talk to them every day and tell them when we're dealing with people, we need to treat them right because when we don't, we're the ones that look bad," said Chief Brewer.